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Reliability Engineering A Life Cycle Approach.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradley, Edgar
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Reliability (Engineering)
Systems availability.
Plant maintenance.
Fiabilité.
Disponibilité (Organisation)
Usines > Entretien.
Plant maintenance
Systems availability
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword to the First Edition
  • Preface
  • Author
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Reliability Fundamentals I: Component Reliability
  • Introduction
  • The Importance of Reliability
  • History
  • Definitions
  • Reliability
  • Maintainability
  • Availability
  • Unreliability
  • Unavailability
  • Component
  • Correlation Coefficient
  • System
  • Failure
  • Failure Rate
  • Failure Probability Density Function
  • Sample
  • Population
  • Acronyms
  • Basic Statistics
  • Probability
  • Assignment
  • The Failure Probability Density Function
  • Three Common Failure Patterns
  • The Negative Exponential Distribution
  • The Mathematics of Randomness
  • The Normal Distribution
  • The Weibull Distribution
  • The Bathtub Curve
  • Weibull Analysis
  • Problems with Weibull
  • Weibull Cautions
  • Using Weibull When Very Little Data Are Available
  • Assignments
  • Assignment 1.1: Weibull Familiarisation
  • Assignment 1.2: Weibull Problem
  • Assignment 1.3: Another Weibull Problem
  • Assignment 1.4: Spring Design
  • Assignment 1.5: Weibull Analysis of Rolling Element Bearings
  • Assignment 1.6: New Era Fertilizer Plant
  • Assignment 1.7: The Life History of a Hillman Vogue Sedan
  • Note
  • Chapter 2 Reliability Fundamentals II: System Reliability
  • A Note of Caution
  • System Configurations
  • Redundancy
  • M-Out-of-N Redundancy
  • System Reliability Prediction
  • Availability and Maintainability
  • The Maintainability Equation
  • The Equations for System Availability
  • Storage Capacity (Figure 2.10)
  • Reduced-Capacity States
  • Other Forms of System Reliability Analysis
  • Method 1: Deconstruction Method
  • Method 2: Cut Sets
  • Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Markov Simulation
  • Interconnections
  • Laplace Analysis
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
  • History
  • Flavours of FMEA/FMECA
  • Process vs Design or Product FMEA/FMECA
  • Design FMECA
  • Which Templates to Use?
  • Basic Analysis Procedure for an FMEA or FMECA
  • Advantages of the FMEA/FMECA Process
  • Limitations of the FMEA/FMECA Process
  • FMEA of a Scraper Winch
  • Operation
  • Common Failures and Recent Improvements
  • Assignment
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Assignment
  • Additional Assignments
  • Assignment 2.1
  • The V1
  • Assignment 2.2
  • The Parallel System of Conveyors
  • Assignment 2.3
  • Availability Upgrade
  • Assignment 2.4
  • Laplace Calculation
  • Assignment 2.5
  • A System Availability Prediction
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3 Maintenance Optimisation
  • Maintenance-Raison D'être
  • Know Your Plant, Keep It Good as New
  • Data Collection
  • The Big Five
  • Maintenance Optimisation
  • RCM
  • The RCM Process
  • The RCM Decision Diagram
  • On-Condition Inspection Task
  • Scheduled Rework
  • Scheduled Discard
  • Acronyms
  • The RCM Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
  • Alternative and Modified Forms of RCM